Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) es un álbum de Eurythmics, publicado en 1983. El disco incluye 17 canciones, entre ellas «Love Is A Stranger», «I’ve Got An Angel», «Wrap It Up» y «I Could Give You (A Mirror)».
Sobre el álbum
Con su segundo álbum, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), de 1983, el dúo británico Eurythmics entrega la obra que los catapultó de la oscuridad al estrellato mundial. Este trabajo es uno de los discos más icónicos y definitorios de la era del synth-pop, una colección de canciones que combinan la frialdad de la electrónica con una profunda y a menudo melancólica alma pop. Su impacto fue un auténtico terremoto.
Grabado con medios muy modestos y en un momento de crisis personal para la pareja artística de Annie Lennox y Dave Stewart el álbum tiene un sonido minimalista y a menudo oscuro. La producción, a cargo del propio Stewart, se apoya en cajas de ritmos, sintetizadores analógicos y la voz como elemento central, creando una atmósfera única.
El álbum está liderado por la legendaria canción que le da título. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" es una creación notable del pop. Su inolvidable y hipnótico riff de sintetizador, su ritmo marcial y su letra, que es una cínica pero resiliente reflexión sobre la búsqueda del éxito, la convirtieron en un himno global. La canción y su videoclip hicieron de Eurythmics un fenómeno.
El videoclip, en particular, fue revolucionario. La imagen andrógina de Annie Lennox, con su pelo corto de color naranja y su traje masculino, desafió todas las convenciones de género de la época y la convirtió en un icono de la moda y de la cadena MTV. El álbum también contiene otras joyas como la enérgica "Love Is a Stranger".
'Sweet Dreams' es mucho más que un álbum; es un momento clave cultural. Es un disco que no solo definió el sonido de los 80, sino que también demostró que se podía hacer música pop que fuera a la vez comercial, artística, inteligente y visualmente impactante.
Listado de Canciones
- Love Is A Stranger3:43
Letra
Love is a stranger In an open car To tempt you in And drive you far away Ooh, love is a stranger In an open car To tempt you in And drive you far away And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession Love is a danger Of a different kind To take you away And leave you far behind And love love love Is a dangerous drug You have to receive it And you still can't get enough of the stuff It's savage and it's cruel And it shines like destruction Comes in like the flood And it seems like religion It's noble and it's brutal It distorts and deranges And it wrenches you up And you're left like a zombie And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession It's guilt edged Glamorous and sleek by design You know it's jealous by nature False and unkind It's hard and restrained And it's totally cool It touches and it teases As you stumble in the debris And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession And I want you And I want you And I want you so It's an obsession - I’ve Got An Angel
- Wrap It Up3:33
Letra
I've been watching you for days now baby I just love your sexy ways now baby You now my love will never stop now baby Just put your loving in my box baby Wrap it up - I'll take it No more will I shop around baby You know I've got the best thing in town now baby I've seen all I wanna see baby What your loving means to me now baby Wrap it up - I'll take it I'm gonna treat you like the queen you are Give you sweet things from my candy jar You've got treats you ain't ever used Give it give it to me It won't get abused - I Could Give You (A Mirror)3:51
Letra
I Could Give You (A Mirror) How can you be so cold With my arms to hold you? How can you be so cold With my arms to enfold you? I could give you - A mirror To show you - Dissappointments I could give you - A history Could you ever listen in to me? How can you be so cold When there's a fire burning? How can you be so cold When all the ice is melting? I could give you - A mirror To show you - Dissappointments I could give you - A history Could you ever listen in to me? - The Walk4:40
Letra
I could be contended I don't need to suffer You're beautiful Good to talk to You make an impression To take my attention And when you touch my skin I smell disaster Step away, walk away All I want is the real thing (Nothing but the real thing) Walking on pavements We collect in bars Asleep in the houses So alone Looking inside herself She breaks the glass Turns her head backwards She's fallen down again. - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
- Jennifer5:06
Letra
Jennifer with your orange hair Jennifer with your green eyes Jennifer in your dress of deepest purple Jennifer, where are you tonight? Jennifer, where are you tonight? Jennifer with your orange hair Jennifer with your green eyes Jennifer in your dress of deepest purple? Jennifer, where are you tonight? Underneath the water Underneath the water Underneath the water Underneath the water Jennifer with your orange hair Jennifer with your green eyes Jennifer in your dress of deepest purple? Jennifer, where are you tonight? - This Is The House4:56
Letra
This is the house This is the hill This is the story It's a little thing A lock of hair An invisible smoke trail Nothing there but the dust and the rust Oh, oh, oh, everything changes This is your picture (It's in black and white) This is the family having a party There's a crack in the ceiling And there's an open door Nothing there but the dust and the rust Oh, oh, oh, everything changes. - Somebody Told Me3:29
Letra
Somebody told me Somebody told me Somebody told me Something about you I didn't believe it I couldn't believe it I'm still reeling 'cause i just can't take the blow Well there's laughter and love And there's a lot of pain I never wanna see your Pretty face again Full of forgiveness You're just twisted I'm a silly little saint With a halo of smiles But it makes no difference - This City Never Sleeps6:20
Letra
You can hear the sound Of the underground trains You know it feels like distant thunder You know there's so many people Living in this house And don't even know their names I guess it's just a feeling - in the city) Walls so thin I can almost Hear them breathing And if I listen in I feel my own heart beating (I guess it's just a feeling - in the city) - Home Is Where The Heart Is (BONUS TRACK)
- Monkey Monkey (BONUS TRACK)
- Baby’s Gone Blue (BONUS TRACK)
- Sweet (BONUS TRACK)
- Dreams [Hot Remix] (BONUS TRACK)
- Love Is A Stranger [Coldcut Remix] (BONUS TRACK)
- Satellite Of Love – Previously Unreleased (BONUS TRACK)